slave
A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
Noun 3 meanings
A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition and control.
A drudge; one who labors or is obliged (e.g. by prior contract) to labor like a slave with limited rights, e.g. an indentured servant.
An abject person.
Verb 3 meanings
To work as a slaver, to enslave people.
To work hard.
“I was slaving all day over a hot stove.”
To place a device under the control of another.
“to slave a hard disk”
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sclave, from Old French esclave, from Medieval Latin sclavus (“slave”), from Late Latin Sclavus (“Slav”), traditionally assumed to be because Slavs were often forced into slavery in the Middle Ages. The Latin word is from Byzantine Greek Σκλάβος (Sklábos); see that entry and Slav for more.
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SLAVE at a glance
SLAVE has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (S 1 + L 1 + A 1 + V 4 + E 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,189 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with slave
All rhymesOne letter away
- SHAVE11
- SLATE5
- SLADE6
- STAVE8
- SUAVE8
- CLAVE10
- SLAKE9
- SLANE5
- SOAVE8
- SLIVE8
- SLOVE8
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